Enhanced-stability collapsible A-frame plant support with removable greenhouse cover

An enhanced-stability, A-frame-shaped plant support that folds flat for storage when not in use and that is suitable for use in a garden or farm for the support of plants growing in soil, the plant support comprising:

• first and second inverted block-U-shaped metal rod frame members, each said block-U-shaped frame member comprising at least first and second side support frame members having first and second ends and an upper interconnecting frame member interconnecting said side support frame members at said first end of each said side support frame member;
• a plurality of metal rod cross members, each said cross member interconnecting said side support frame members of each said block-U-shaped frame member at a plurality of locations along each said side support frame member in substantially parallel fashion relative to said interconnecting horizontal frame member, and wherein the cross member that is closest to said second ends of each said side support frame member is sufficiently distant from said second ends of said side support frame members to allow for puncture placement of said second ends of said side support frame members in the soil upon installation of the plant support structure and wherein said cross members interconnected closest to said second ends of said side support members each comprise an axle member attached to said side support members, said axle members providing first and second rigid posts, said first post being attached to said first side support member of said first block-U-shaped frame member, said second post being attached to said first side support member of said second block-U-shaped frame member;
• a plurality of rings, each said ring having an appropriate-sized inside diameter to hold said interconnecting frame members of said block-U-shaped frame members closely adjacent each other while also allowing for pivotably joining said interconnecting frame members of each said block-U-shaped frame member to enable hinge-like movement of said block-U-shaped frame members relative to each other;
• at least one latch having first and second ends, said first end of said latch having an eyelet thereon and said second end of said latch having an inverted, substantially U-shaped hook thereon, said eyelet being pivotably connected to said first post;
• a starting width indicator mark located at an intermediate position on said latch, said indicator mark adapted for being aligned, but not fastened with said second post at an initial intermediate open position of said plant support with said latch resting upon said second post while the plant support rests prior to installation on top of the soil, and wherein said indicator mark is calibrated to facilitate an optimum depth of puncture placement travel of said second ends of said block-U-shaped frame members into the soil during installation of the plant support, said latch adapted for sliding engagement along said second post during installation when a user pushes the second ends of the plant support into the soil until said substantially U-shaped hook automatically and releasably interconnects with said second post at the final extent of travel of said latch along said second post, the final extent of travel of said latch from the intermediate open position of the plant support and along said second post where said U-shaped hook is interconnected with said second post corresponding to an optimum predetermined depth of puncture of said second ends of said side support members into the soil, said latch being adapted for retaining flex in said block-U-shaped frame members upon installation and for enhanced stabilization of the plant support, said starting width indicator mark, said latch and said block-U-shaped frame members being adapted for working together upon pushing by a user of said second ends of said side support members into the soil for puncturing to cut a minimal path through the soil to facilitate a stabilized installation, and said substantially U-shaped hook being further adapted for user operation to remove said hook from said second post in a second position to facilitate collapse of the plant support while it is removed from the soil.